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India Suspects US Firm Monsanto Abused Dominant Position

US-based Monsanto launched a GM cotton variety in India in 2002 despite opposition from critics who questioned its safety

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Carriers Seek Level Playing Field With Foreign Airlines

A delegation of airline executives met Union Minister of State for PMO Jitendra Singh and sought government's intervention to incorporate some of their concerns while finalising the National Civil Aviation Policy

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Government To Auction At Least Three Gold Mines This Year

Analysts believe gold mining will be profitable in India, where prices have jumped more than three fold in a decade versus an 89 per cent rise in global spot prices

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Expectations Of Real Estate Sector From Budget 2016-17

The budget would do well to adopt a uniform definition of affordable housing comprising dwelling units with carpet area up to 90 square meters in non-metros and up to 60 square meters in metros

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Govt Plans To Inject More Funds Into Ailing State Banks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in August pledged to put in Rs 70,000 crore into state-run banks through four years to March 2019 as part of a broader banking reforms programme

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Rate On Small Post Office Schemes Cut By 0.25%; PF To Earn More

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya announces an interim hike in interest rate on employees' provident fund to 8.8 per cent for 2015-16 fiscal from 8.75 per cent previously

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FDI In Food Multi-Brand Retail No Threat To Small Shops, Says Minister

Harsimrat Kaur Badal says India is a food secure country and has the potential to become the food factory for the world

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Odisha Receives Investment Proposals Worth Rs 70,000 Crore

Larsen & Toubro is planning to invest Rs 12,000 crore in an aluminium refinery, and Nalco is looking to invest Rs 20,500

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Qatar Airways Chief Slams India Air Traffic Restrictions

Akbar Al Baker says authorities should not lose the opportunity to develop India's aviation and tourism markets

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Mysore Cleanest, Dhanbad Least Clean In A Survey Of 73 Indian Cities

Modi’s constituency Varanasi, which has received Rs 20,000 crore since 2014 to upgrade its civic infrastructure, ranks 65 due to its abysmal sanitation facilities

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